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单词 keep down
释义
keep down
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WORD FAMILY
keep down: keeping down, keeps down, kept down
USAGE EXAMPLES
There were gaping rectangular spaces on the dashboard instead of air-conditioner vents, so the windows were kept down.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003)
Good way to keep down the vote of people with jobs.
New York Times(Nov 08, 2016)
In the real world you don't need to read position papers to find out that employers conspire to keep down wagers.
New York Times(Nov 04, 2016)
1
v place a limit on the number of
Syn|Hyper
number
circumscribe, confine, limit
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
2
v manage not to throw up
Ant
barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, throw up, vomit up
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
3
v put down by force or intimidation
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
Syn|Hyper
quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate
crush, oppress, suppress
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
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